avlanmak

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آولانمق (avlanmak, “to be hunted, to be duped, to be suited to be used in hunting”), passive form of Ottoman Turkish آولامق (avlamak, “to hunt, to deceive, to dupe”). Morphologically from av (“prey, game”) +‎ -le +‎ -n (“passive and reflexive suffix”) +‎ -mak. Cognate with Azerbaijani ovlanmaq.

• IPA^(key): /aβ.ɫanˈmak/
• Hyphenation: av‧lan‧mak

avlanmak (third-person singular simple present avlanır)

1. passive of avlamak
   1. (intransitive) To be hunted.
   2. (intransitive) To be deceived.
2. (intransitive) To go on a hunt, to go hunting, to search for prey.

   Synonym: ava çıkmak

   Aslan avlanırken canından oluyordu. ― The lion almost died while hunting.

   Çok ilginç avlanma tekniğine sahip 5 hayvan. ― 5 animals with very interesting methods of hunting.

   Gece avlanırken bir ışık kaynağına ihtiyacınız olacak. ― When you go hunting at night, you'll need a light source.

• “avlanmak”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “avlanmak”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “avlanmak”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 327